John Gillespie Hill Jr., 72, a retired Army
Major General who was a highly decorated veteran of the Korean and Vietnam
wars, died of brain cancer March 28, 1999, at a nursing home in Austin,
Texas.

General Hill served with the 7th Cavalry Regiment
in the Korean War and participated in some of the fiercest fighting of
the war. For his service there, he received the Distinguished Service Cross,
the Army's highest award for valor except for the Medal of Honor, and the
Silver Star.

He had two tours of duty during the Vietnam
War, first as an adviser to the South Vietnamese Army and later as a Brigade
Commander in the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division, Assistant Division Commander
of the 101st Airborne Division and Commanding General of the U.S. Army
Support Command in Cam Ranh Bay.

His other military honors included the Distinguished
Service Medal, a Legion of Merit and a Distinguished Flying Cross.

After 32 years in the Army and an assignment
as head of the U.S. Military Training Mission to Saudi Arabia, he retired
in 1978 and pursued a career as a lawyer. He received a law degree from
the University of Texas and established a private practice in Austin. He
retired in the mid-1990s because of health reasons.

He was born in Plattsburgh, New York. At age
19, he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and received
a commission as a Second Lieutenant.

Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Elizabeth
Leslie Hill of Austin; three sons; a stepmother; a sister; and a granddaughter.
HILL, JOHN GILLESPIE JRMG US ARMYVETERAN SERVICE DATES: 08/31/1956 - 08/31/1978DATE OF BIRTH: 08/09/1926DATE OF DEATH: 03/28/1999DATE OF INTERMENT: 12/22/1999BURIED AT: SECTION 5-A ROW 4 SITE
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